Jamie Walker wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 04:05:01PM -0700, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > It drives me nuts to have my name spelled wrong, let alone have someone
> > assume it's of a different gender... I can't imagine how you deal with it
> > (other than getting used to it, like having your name spelled wrong ;o)).
>
> And then there are the (relatively - Jamie is more readily associated
> with men than women, and women of that name usually have it spelled
> differently) gender neutral names like mine. There must be a few here who
> have wondered on occasion whether I'm male or female, but I don't really
> go in for the "by the way, I'm a [boy|girl]" comments. Usually in
> discussions where my gender might be relevant as an insight to my opinions
> I tend to leave little clues here and there anyway.
>
My son has a very masculine name (Mohammed), but he has long
hair. He has gotten used to people casually addressing him as
female, but it really annoys him when he tells people that he is
male and they insist he's not.
He thinks that random adults who meet him treat him better if
they think he is a girl; they have different expectations.
Annette
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